Ice-House is a Grade II listed building in the North York Moors National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 March 1985. Ice-house.
Ice-House
- WRENN ID
- nether-lancet-indigo
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North York Moors National Park
- Constituency
- Thirsk and Malton MP: Kevin Hollinrake (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 March 1985
- Type
- Ice-house
- Address
- Ice-House, Helmsley, North Yorkshire
- OS grid reference
- SE 604 832
- Coordinates
- 54.2416, -1.07376
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The ice-house located in the grounds of Duncombe Park dates from the 19th century and is constructed of limestone rubble. It features a passage that leads to a circular sunken room, with a round-arched doorway providing access to the passage. The passage has a barrel vaulted roof, while the ice-house itself is topped with a domed roof.
Local climate
Ice-House receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 65% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 79% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 41 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 79% of listed buildings. Of these, 23 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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